370 ’ BOTANICON SINICUM. 
Su Sune [11th cent.]:—The dried shi fa is eaten salted 
or in soups. It forms an excellent article of food. | 
It Sui-cuen :—The chi Ii grows on stones in water, — 
covering them densely, and has the appearance of human — 
hair. That growing in stagnant water, where there are n0 : 
stones, forms masses of intricated filaments, like floss silk, — 
and is called 7k 44 shui mien (water-floss). i 
Ch., XVIII, 10:—Chi li and [11] shi fa. Algce, Conferoa? . 
Similar plants are. figured in the Phon zo [XXXVII, 15] 
sub PF #¥ and [16] 7k Si. oo 
Amen. exot., 833:—2F ZR tai set, vulgo ait nor, a 
Muscus marinus Coralline similis, multifidus, folio tenuis — 
simo. — According to Martens [Preuss. Exped. nach ue : 
Asien. Tange. China and Japan] this is Ceramium rubrum, : 
Huds. = 
207.— Ff a tsing chung t‘ai. P.,XXI,2 T., La 
Pie lu ‘—Tsing chung tai (moss growing in wells), also — 
ME HE ping lan. Taste sweet, Nature very cold. Nag 
poisonous. oS 
T‘ao Huna-xing :—It grows in disused wells. Used 8 
@ counter-poison, ee 
Amen. exot., 831 :—F tai, vulgo hoki. Museus 2 
genere, . 
208.—98 BE yiian i. P,XX14, 1, OXL a 
Pie lu:—Yaan ; (covering of walls), JH jim we si 
(abundance of the walls), 3 4 tien kin, 2 HR si st : 
BA 3E shu kiu, also 2 FE ts'ing tai i (green; _— a 
covering), It tows in shady places, on old walls a” 3 
on houses (roofs). It is gathered on the 3rd day of ™ 4 
8rd month and dried in the shade. 3 
